Published date: 22 September 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 20 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • District heating - 09323000

  • District heating boiler - 42515000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£1,000,000 to £5,000,000

Procurement reference

BIP279862162

Published date

22 September 2017

Closing date

20 October 2017

Contract start date

2 January 2018

Contract end date

31 July 2018

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The proposed work comprising the design and installation of the Becontree District Heating (DH) Scheme, a new district heating network in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The initial phase of the scheme shall serve the following properties:

•Becontree Leisure Centre
•Barking and Dagenham Civic Centre
•New build residential developments being delivered by Countryside properties PLC and others.

Future phases of the scheme shall serve a number of schools in the Becontree area.

A new energy centre shall be built adjacent to the existing Leisure Centre comprising gas fired CHP and boiler plant for the supply of heat to the DH network. The existing heating plant within the Leisure Centre plantroom shall be retained and connected to the new Energy centre. A further standalone CHP unit shall also be installed at the Civic centre.

The CHP plant shall be configured to supply electricity to the Leisure Centre and Civic Centre sites with excess electrical generation exported to the grid.

The new Leisure Centre Energy Centre shall be combined with a new 50m pool extension to the south of the existing Leisure centre. Construction of the new pool extension is due to commence in September 2017 with the Energy Centre plantroom available for fit-out in January 2018. The delivery of the pool extension is being provided by Total Swimming on behalf of SLM.

The delivery of the first phase of the works have been split into two separate works packages: Lot 1 and Lot 2. Lot 1 shall comprise the following elements:

•Phase 1 DH network pipework
•Phase 1 Customer Heat Substations

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Hann

Address

Town Hall
1 Town Square
Barking
IG11 7LU
UK

Telephone

02082273432

Email

paul.hann@lbbd.gov.uk